1. September 24, 2011

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3. Managing and Monitoring SharePoint & Critical Infrastructure with System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Dan Stolts, MCT, MCITP, MCSE, TS… Sr. IT Pro Evangelist – Microsoft dstolts@microsoft.comdstolts@microsoft.com or ITProGuru@Microsoft.com ITProGuru@Microsoft.com Twitter: @ITProGuru Blog: http://Blogs.TechNet.com/DanStolts http://Blogs.TechNet.com/DanStolts Shortcut: http://ItProGuru.comhttp://ItProGuru.com First arouse in the other person an eager want -- Dale Carnegie More Jobs President - Bay State Integrated Technology, Inc. www.BayStateTechnology.com www.BayStateTechnology.com President - Boston User Groups (www.BostonUserGroups.org)www.BostonUserGroups.org Founder - North East Leaders (www.neleaders.com)www.neleaders.com Founder/Chairman - Virtualization Group Boston (www.VirtG.com)www.VirtG.com Board Member - Boston Area Windows Server User Group - www.WindowsBoston.com www.WindowsBoston.com Den Leader – Cub Scouts Pack 14 Author – Build Your Career While You Build Your Community – Done in Feb? Student … and Future Professor Most Important… Father, Husband, Friend & Neighbor

4. See the Forest and the Trees with Strategic Infrastructure Management Take control of your IT infrastructure with the management packs for System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). We’ll start with a peek inside the installation process, then dive into the system and management packs that make it easy to monitor all critical infrastructure. Whether you have SharePoint, SQL Server, Exchange, File Server, or AD, simply choose the right pack, plug it in and get started. You can even extend the packs to monitor Linux and other third-party products. By the end of this session, you’ll be ready to move from reactionary to preventative mode and use powerful management packs to keep your key infrastructure humming. 4

5. Agenda Introduction o System Center Operations Manger o Monitoring Critical Servers Management Packs and Monitoring o What’s Inside – Consolidated MP o Deliverables o Lots of Demo’s o Service Level Dashboard Q&A Resources

6. Single infrastructure for end to end management lowers deployment cost Single user environment lowers training and operational costs Single knowledge and rules engine accelerates ROI and improves processes Simple, cost effective, and flexible licensing eases procurement process

8. WFE (Web Front End) Servers Ops Console Admin Console Ops Mgr Server Application Servers Database Servers Infrastructure Servers

10. Includes Alert Correlation to reduce non- actionable alerts New “Correlation Engine” determines if error is important Compares faults to Health Model to identify probable “root cause” Includes Alert Correlation to reduce non- actionable alerts New “Correlation Engine” determines if error is important Compares faults to Health Model to identify probable “root cause” Reduced Alert Noise Mail flow statistics based on message tracking logs Service Oriented Reporting measure app/feature uptime Exchange-aware Availability Monitoring Mail flow statistics based on message tracking logs Service Oriented Reporting measure app/feature uptime Exchange-aware Availability Monitoring Includes an array of full protocol synthetic monitoring options Several feature- based availability reports in the report library Easily enabled using event rules on per-test basis Includes an array of full protocol synthetic monitoring options Several feature- based availability reports in the report library Easily enabled using event rules on per-test basis Reporting Synthetic Monitoring Class model designed to support the Correlation Engine Site-wide aggregated classes to avoid “server” alerts that don’t affect service availability More than 200 defined classes Class model designed to support the Correlation Engine Site-wide aggregated classes to avoid “server” alerts that don’t affect service availability More than 200 defined classes Detailed Class Model

11. .NET Framework and ASP.NET 3.5 SP1 Internet Information Services 7.0 Window64-bit s Server 2008 (only)

17. IT Process Automation (ITPA), also known as Run Book Automation (RBA), is the ability to orchestrate and integrate IT management tools through workflow Take tasks like OpsMgr monitoring, identify a Hyper-V host problem, trigger an Opalis script to Live Migrate guest sessions to another server Take tasks like OpsMgr monitoring, identify a Hyper-V host problem, trigger an Opalis script to Live Migrate guest sessions to another server Use OpsMgr to monitor the response time of an application, determine that the app is not performing as quickly as expected, spawn an Opalis policy to provision a new guest session to improve performance response Use OpsMgr to monitor the response time of an application, determine that the app is not performing as quickly as expected, spawn an Opalis policy to provision a new guest session to improve performance response Automating OpsMgr Integration of Hyper-V with Opalis Enabling the IT Process Automation

18. IT Silos VM Provisioning Process Event Mgmt Service Desk Asset/CMDB Configuration Virtual Security Storage Server Network Monitor Service request Stop VM Update request Update request Update & close request Clone new VM Update properties Remove from Ops Manager Test VM Deploy Applications Verify Application Add to Ops Manager Create CI Retire CI Create incident Detach Storage Detach Network Adapter Using Opalis to Provision New Guest Sessions from an OpsMgr Trigger

19. Summary Monitoring o Enhanced depth and breadth o Integrated monitoring Knowledge Articles o Rapid resolution Consolidated Management Packs o Search Server o Project Server o Office Web Apps o All Shared Services

20. Installing Operations Manager 2007http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9652153 Operations Manager 2007 R2 - Introductionhttp://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9674167 Operations Manager 2007 R2 - Advancedhttp://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9674166 Management Pack Authoring – Introduction (ITPro)http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9674164 Management Pack Authoring – Advanced (ITPro)http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9674165 Monitoring Windows Server, SQL Server and Exchangehttp://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9674163

21. Call to Action Download and Install Operations Manager 2007 R2 Evaluation Download newest versions of the management packs Start Monitoring Critical Infrastructure components o Increase reliability of systems o Decrease time to resolution o Be proactive!!!

22. Q&A

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